The episode sets scene for a future dystopian world where people are so engulfed in their social presentation that they forget to be normal people. They walk around rating each other for a simple appearance or picture, which is really not a natural world.
The episode made many people frightened and thinking are we at a time with social media that this is soon approaching us? I personally think yes, this episode was only a slight preview into what our world can become if we do not slow down with our social media usage. Now a days people are so worried about how others seen them through their social media accounts. They are so worried about if their pictures are getting enough likes or if their pictures are good enough to be posting online. The way people are so over their heads shows who we are slowly on the way to even rating each other.
The possibility of even rating each other almost happened with a start up companies idea to create the app called "Peeple" the app would work like yelp but instead you'd be rating one another. This app is exactly what happened on the episode, which is insane to me that people would even want to create something in real life to rate each other. This app goes beyond trying to just be perfect online with this app you'd have to be perfect in everyday life or else your rating goes down and so does others liking of you.
Comment below and tell me your opinions on or future world being like the episode Nosedive. And also your thoughts on this potential new add "Peeple".
This was interesting to think about because a little bit ago Kanye West Tweeted about people shouldn’t be able to see how many followers or likes a person gets on a photo. I think that this is something that could be true. When someone posts on Instagram a lot of the time they worry if it will get a lot of likes or if they look good. I think that social media is something that is so powerful and can be helpful but with trolls it can be damaging to a person’s confidence. I personally think that we should be able to choose if we want people to see how many followers or likes that something gets. This is only because some might want this option just like we can choose if we want people to be able to comment on our photos. I also think that people will allow others to follow them that they don’t even know just to get more followers or likes. I think that this could become dangerous and just doesn’t seem safe. I think that we need just put social media down sometimes and not worry about what others think about you. Social media isn’t actually how the person is in real life always. I think that we just need to get to know each other and not always be worries about social media, likes, and the number of followers a person has.
ReplyDeleteI remembered when I first watched the episode of Black Mirror, it frightened me a little as well because I thought the idea behind it wasn’t that far from out current reality. I think you raise a good point with how addicted people are becoming to the numbers of followers they have, or the number of likes they get. I’ve literally seen people take hundreds of photos just to go through all of them to pick one that they think will give them the most likes. Our perceptions on how other others view us has become more important than just being ourselves, and I think this episode of Black Mirror really hits the nail on the head in portraying that.
ReplyDeleteAs for this new app, “Peeple,” it worries me because it sounds almost identical to the app/program used in Nosedive. Even more surprising is that reviews can be created for people not even on the app itself, and there is no way for users to opt out either. I can see a lot of issues and problems arise if the app was used widespread, and although it doesn’t seem like it is being used to that extent, there’s nothing stopping it from getting there.